主谓一致习题
1. It’s necessary that every student ___ exercises during the break.
A. must do B. will do
C. do D. does
2. Many a man there ___ from Shanghai.
A. come B. comes
C. have come D. are coming
B
C
3. Many scientists ___ studied animals and plants in the last two years.
A. has B. have
C. had D. are
4. A. good many children ___ watching TV.
A. likes B. is liking
C. like D. enjoys
B
C
5. Tom’s teacher and friend ___ Mr. Smith.
A. are B. is
C. are D. being
6. Nothing but stamps and envelopes ___ for sale.
A. are B. is
C. are left D. remain
B
B
7. A library with thousands books ___ to the nation as a gift.
A. is offered B. has offered
C. are offered D. have offered
8. Nobody but Jane __ the secret.
A. know B. knows
C. have known D. were
A
B
9. All but one ___ here just now.
A. is B. was
C. has been D. were
10. Peter, perhaps John ___ playing with the little dog.
A. is B. are
C. were D. seems
D
A
11. No one except Jack and Tom ___ the answer.
A. know B. knows
C. is knowing D. are known
12. He as well as his parents __ kind to me.
A. is B. was
C. are D. were
B
A
13. John as much as his brother ___ responsible for the loss.
A. are B. were
C. was D. have been
14. Mary , along with her classmates ___ discussing the problem.
A. were B. have been
C. are D. is
C
D
15. His furniture including a table and six chairs ___ being sold.
A. is B are
C. were D. have
16. The teacher together with a number of students __ in the classroom.
A. are B. are talking
C. stay D. is
A
D
17. The Arabian Nights ___ well known to English lovers.
A. is B were
C. are D. is being
18. The Olympic Games ___ held in modern times every four years.
A. are B. is
C. was D. has been
A
A
19. On the wall ___ two large portraits.
A. hangs B. hang
C. hanged D hanging
20. The shoes ___ mine. This pair of shoes ___ my brother’s.
A. are ; is B. is ; is
C. are ; are D. is ; are
B
A
21. The number of the teachers in our college ___ greatly increased this term. A number of teachers in this school ___ from the countryside.
A. is; is B. is; are
C. are ; are D. are ; is
22. The public ___ puzzled at the news.
A. is B. was
C. be D. were
B
D
23. Fifteen miles ___ like a long walk to me.
A. seem B. are
C. were D. seems
24. Two hours ___ the limit of this examination.
A. is B. are
C. has been D. be
D
A
25. Ten dollars __ enough.
A. are B. be
C. is D. were
26. ____ of the money ___ used up.
A. Three-five ; are
B. Three-fifths ; have been
C. Three-fifths ; has been
D. Third – fifths ; is
C
C
27. The sheets for your bed __ washing.
A. needs B. are needing
C. want D. are wanting
28. The poor ___ always unhappy.
A. is not B. was not
C. are not C. can not
C
C
29. The beautiful ___ higher than the good.
A. is B. was
C. are D. were
30. I, who ___ your friend, will try my best to help you.
A. is B. was
C. are D. am
A
D
31. I, not you ___ in the wrong. Not I but he ___ been invited.
A. were; have B. were; has
C. was; has D. was ; have
32. It is you who __ wrong.
“You”___ a useful word.
A. is; is B. is; are
C. are ; are D. are ;is
C
D
33. When and where to build the new factory __ yet.
A. is not decided
B. are not decided
C. had not decided
D. have not decided
34. How and why Jack come to China ___ not known.
A. is B. are
C. has D. have
A
A
35. Each soldier and sailor ___ a gun.
A. are given B. was given
C. were given
D. have been given
36. Every boy and every girl __ that each day and each hour bring ___ duty.
A. know; their B. knows; their
C. knows; its D. know; its
B
B
37. They each ___ been to Beijing.
A. has B. have
C. having D. have not
38. No teacher and no student ___ allowed to go in.
A. are B. is
C. being D. be
B
B
39. Tom is one of the boys who ___ the piano very well.
A. plays B. play
C. is playing D. was playing
40. David is the only one of those people who __ trouble making up their minds.
A. has B. have
C. are D. have
B
A
41. There ___ a pair of glasses on the desk.
A. is B. has
C. are D. have
42. There __ a lot of milk in the bottle.
A. are B. is
C. were D. has
A
B
43. There ___ some books, a pen and a ruler on the desk.
A. are B. is
C. have D. has
44. Zhang’s family ___ rather big with twelve people in all.
A. is B are
C. being D. was
A
A
45. Her family ___ dancing and singing when the teacher entered.
A. is B. are
C. was D. were
46. Three-fourths of the earth’s surface ___ covered with water.
A. is B. are
C. was D. were
D
A
47. Three-fifths of the homework ___ today.
A. has finished
B. has been finished
C. have finished
D. have been finished
48. About 85 percent of the students ___ good, and part of them ___ interested in biology.
A. is; are B are; are
C. are; is D. is; is
B
B
49. Gas as well as water ___.
A. is matter B. are matter
C. is matters D. are matters
50. A lot of people, including my teacher ___ what you just said at the meeting.
A. don’t agree on
B. don’t agree with
C. don’t agree to
D. doesn’t agree to
A
C
51. More than one person ___ in the accident yesterday.
A. were killed B. killed
C. has killed D. was killed
52. More friends than one____ to his party.
A. has been invited
B. have been invited
C. has invited
D. have invited
D
B
53. Every means ___ tried, but he can’t find out the truth.
A. have been B. has been
C. are D. was
54. Not only the teacher but also the students ___ English novels.
A. is fond of for B. are fond for
C. are fond of D. is fond of
B
C
55. Not only you but also he ___ to the meeting.
A. have been B. is going
C. are going D. were going
56. The writer and poet ___ to give us a lecture.
A. are going B. is going
C. are D. have
B
B
57. The singer and the dancer ___ to the meeting.
A. is coming B. comes
C. has come D. have come
58. One hundred million dollars ___ a lot of money.
A. are B. were
C. isn’t D. is
D
D
59. Either you or your father __ a mistake.
A. is B. are
C. have D. has made
60. Either you or I __ going to do the work.
A. am B. is
C. are D. will be
A
A
61. Apples of this kind ___.
A. tastes good B . tastes well
C. taste good D. taste well
62. The results of the examination ___ that you have all made great ___.
A. show ; progress
B shows ; progress
C. show ; progresses
D. shows ; progresses
C
A
63. Here ___ some sweets, take some.
A. is B. are
C. was D. were
64. Basketball and football ___ his favorite sports.
A. are B. is
C. to be D. was
B
A
65. What __ the population of America?
A. are B. is
C. were D. was
66. A population of nine millions ___ there.
A. lives B. live
C. lived D. is living
B
B
67. Seventy percent of the population of the city ___ workers.
A. is B. are
C. were D. was
68. Our class ___ better than any other classes at playing basketball in our school.
A. is B. are
C. be D. were
B
A
69. The government ___ to build new settlements in the north.
A. want B. wanted
C. wants D. is wanting
70. A traffic accident has just happened around the corner of the street. The police ___ already there.
A. are B. is
C. was D. be
C
A
71. Do you know which team ___ won the Asian Cup Football Match?
A. has B. have
C. had D. is having
72. English, French, Japanese and so on ___ all social languages, but mathematics ___ the language of science.
A. are; are B. is; are
C. are; is D. is; are
A
c
73. To learn a foreign language ___ not so difficult as you thought.
A. is B. are
C. was D. were
74. Reading aloud ___ very important in learning a foreign language.
A. is B. are
C. were D. was
C
A
75.There ___ just an old writing desk, a wooden bed and two chairs in his bed room.
A. is B. are
C. were D. was
76. Neither of us __ passed the exam, we both failed.
A. has B. have
C. had D. is having
A
A
77. The number of books on women published in China___ growing.
A. are B. is
C. was D. were
78. A number of students in Class 5 __ never used computers.
A. has B. had
C. have D. is
B
C
79. One-third of the population in this country __ drinking coffee.
A. enjoy B. enjoys
C. enjoyed D. are enjoying
80. Physics ___ a difficult subject to learn, I think.
A. is B. are
C. was D. were
A
A
81. Neither he nor I __ able to persuade her to change her mind.
A. am B. is
C. are D. were
82. To start smoking ___ quite easy, but to give it up ____ courage.
A. are; need B. is; need
C. is; needs D. are; needs
A
C
83. Nearly everyone ___ joined the group.
None of us __ got an envelope of the right size.
A. has; have B. have; has
C. have; have D. has ; has
84. The army ___ going to remain in this town, The army ___ rescued the travellers.
A. is; has B. are; has
C. is; have D. are; have
D
C
85. Our family ___ not poor any more. My family all ____ the same language.
A. is; speak B. are; speak
C. is; speaks D. are; speaks
86. I heard that the CAAC ___ going to open an office in Ottawa.
A. is B. are
C. was D. were
A
C
87. A year and two __ passed. Every hour and every minute ____ important.
A. has; are B. has; is
C. have; are D. have; were
88. I think someone ___ forgotten to pay for the drinks.
A. has B. have
C. had D. having
B
A
89. I wonder if anybody __ going to take me home when the party ___ over.
A. is; are B. are; is
C. is; is D. are; are
90. Two and three __ five.
A. is B. are
C. was D. were
C
A
91. One thousand pounds __ a lot of money.
A. is B. are
C. was D. were
92. Here ___ a pen; a few envelopes and some paper for you.
A. has B. have
C. is D. are
C
A
93. ___ you or he to blame?
A. Is B. Are
C. Was D. Were
94. The news ___ bad.
A. is B. are
C. was D. were
B
A
95. Some people ____ to remain in the northern settlements.
A. wants B. want
C. is wanting D. are wanting
96. One and a half years ___ passed since we last met.
A. has B. have
C. had D. have been
B
A
97. Tom rather than Jack ___ the author of this book.
A. is B. are
C. am D. be
98. No one except John and Mary ___ late for school.
A. is B. are
C. were D. was
A
D
99. A cart and horse ___ in the distance.
A. are seen B. is seen
C. are seeing D. is seeing
100. You or he ___ responsible for the mistakes.
A. are B. is
C. were D. has
B
B
101. Ideas of what ___ good manners ___ not always the same in different countries.
A. are ; is B. is ; are
C. is ; is D. are ; are
102. In the last few years, there ___ in computers.
A. have been great changes
B. has been great change
C. was great change
D. were great changes
D
A
103. The united States __ fifty states.
A. have B. has
C. is D. are like
104. Nothing but the ruins of houses ___ after the fire.
A. was left B. were left
C. was lost D. were lost
B
A
105. Bread and butter, besides milk, __ enough for breakfast.
A. are B. is
C. seem D. looks like
106. When and where this happened to __ still unknown.
A. the Smith is B. Smiths are
C. Smith’s are D. the Smiths is
B
D
107. ___ sides of the road __ lined with trees.
A. Either; is B. Each; is
C. Both; are D. All ; are
108. More than one car __ in the accident last night.
A. is B. was
C. are D. were
C
B
109. Between our school and the Department Store __ a 12-storeyed building.
A. have B. has
C. stand D. stands
110. The Chinese and Japanese singers __ to sing the folk at the concert.
A. are going B. is going
C. will be D. is decided
D
A
111. The trousers is too long for
A B C
me.
D
112. A pair of my trousers are on
A B C
the bed.
D
are
\
\
is
113. A pair of glasses are on the desk. A B C
D
114. Is you or he the teacher of
A B C D
English?
\
is
\
are
115. Neither my sister nor my
A
mother are present at the meeting.
B C D
116. This class are going to take its
A B C D
picture.
\
is
\
is
117. --- How much money did you
A
spend?
B
--- As much as there were.
C D
118. She is one of the students who
A B
has been invited.
C D
\
was
\
have
119. They each has been to Beijing
A B C D
120. --- Did you hear about the fire
A
down the street?
B
--- There were a lot of news about it
C
on TV last night.
D
\
have
\
was
121. The class is doing experiments on
A B
heat and light in the laboratory.
C D
122. Mary said that she as well as some
A B
of her friends were going to move to
C D
California.
\
are
\
was
123. This is the only one of the books which A B
were borrowed from the library.
C D
124. The new boy or girl in school
A
quickly become one of the class after a
B C
few games.
D
\
was
\
becomes
125. About 80 percent of the
A
population of our country is
B C
peasants.
D
126. The poet and writer are gone.
A B C D
\
are
\
is
127. Three months are a long time
A B C
to wait.
D
128. The teacher with two students
A
were at the meeting.
B C D
\
is
\
was
129. Does your group want to stop
A B C D
for lunch now?
130 Both the boy and the girl has
A B
learnt French.
C D
\
Do
\
have
131. Either the Greek or the Australian
A
have won the boxing competition.
B C D
132. There were a bucket of water, a
A B
pile of bricks and a chair in the corner.
C D
\
has
\
was
133. Neither she nor I were fortunate A
B
enough to gain extra points.
C D
134. China have gained four more
A B
medals in the Olympics.
C D
\
has
\
was
135. A group of forty Chinese
gymnasts has just arrived.
A B C D
136. The fork and knife are
A B
rather expensive.
C D
\
is
\
have
137. Which is your books?
A B C D
138. I think ten dollars are enough.
A B C D
139. My trousers was put on the bed.
A B C D
\
are
\
is
\
were